Players who played for Sunderland and West Bromwich Albion

Which footballers have played for both Sunderland and West Bromwich Albion? It's exactly the kind of link that wins rounds of The Connection, our football trivia game. Every player below has been checked against his career record, including loan spells.

Quick quiz: how many can you name before you look? There are 11 in our list.

Show all 11 players

Player	Country	Sunderland	West Bromwich Albion
Peter Barnes	England	1989	1979–1981
Jimmy Nicholl	Canada / Northern Ireland	1982 & 1982–1983	1984–1986
Andy Marriott	England / Wales	1998–2001	1989 loan
Kevin Kilbane	Republic of Ireland / England	1999–2003	1997–1999
Kevin Phillips	England	1997–2003	2006–2008
Kieran Richardson	England	2007–2012	2005 loan
Jonny Evans	Northern Ireland	2006–2007 & 2008	2015–2018
James McClean	Republic of Ireland / Northern Ireland	2011–2013	2015–2018
Joleon Lescott	England	2017	2014–2015
Paddy McNair	Northern Ireland	2016–2018	2024 loan
Marc Wilson	Northern Ireland / Republic of Ireland	2017–2018	2017 loan

Quick facts

11 players in our verified list have played for both Sunderland and West Bromwich Albion.
The most common countries are England (5), Northern Ireland (3), Republic of Ireland (2).
The earliest in our list is Peter Barnes; the most recent is Paddy McNair.
4 players made the link through a loan spell, including Andy Marriott.

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